Article: Ginkgo biloba extract increases the cellular immune response to stress.

2003 APR 16 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ginkgo biloba extract, EGb 761, increases the cellular immune response to relieve stress.

A study from Mexico "evaluated the effects of Ginkgo biloba extract (EGb 761) on the cellular immune response of rats, with immunosuppression induced by activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. Groups of 5 rats were subjected to chronic stress by the application of daily electric shocks (ES) over 7 days.

"This stress produced a significant decrement in the delayed-type hypersensitivity response (DTH) to dinitrofluorobenzene (DNFB), and a decrease in the proliferation index of splenocytes. Treatment ...

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